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Show M THE DAY WE CELEBRATE. laH j As a rule recognition of pioneer lal workers In any movement comes tard- H ' '" lly, and that In Utah the gray-halrcd laH veterans who blazed the way for what laH there Is here today can hear their laH ) praises sung ere passing to the Krcat ! ' i beyond Is Indeed creditable to present 1 generations. Tho men and women , ; who crossed the almost trackless plains . i and coniiicred tho wilderness of Utah j sixty years ago wero men and women iff of strong character, tfi'cat determination, determina-tion, earnestness of purpose. Smart- I lng under what may have been Injust- H ' ice, at least what they believed was In- H justice, they left the scenes as dear H to them us was England to the I'll- liH grim fathers, and they sought a new liH land. That new hind was not less H j dhllcult to conquer than was tho liH eastern coast In the last half of the H seventeenth century, and to Utah the H pioneers of this state are as tho I'll- laH grim fathers to this land of the free laH and home of the brave. liH IU'ardless of what brought tluso liH I sturdy touls Into tho unconqucrcd west, H disregarding that which has kept liH j them here, disregarding tho questions laH j i also that agitato Utah today,lt can not liH I ' be denied that the work of tho early laH j i , pioneers was sevcro even beyond H ' ' , conception of later generations. Tho laHj ' : j work they wrought was wonderful in H ' Its scopo and In Its tlnal results. M ' ' The greatness of Utah today Is M j bulldcd on the foundation laid by laH i them. That a day Is set apart In i' i'I their honor is most fitting. The B ' ' Twenty-fourth of July should be, ono H i i, of the most joyous dajs of the year. ',i ! The old-timers who arc left should bo H 1 1 mado to feel that they aro appreciated, ivH ant' " '" speeches, songs and sports laH i these gray haired veterans can bo H ! made to feel that their work has not H ' been unnoticed, that their sacrlflces H , i arc still remembered, their remaining H I ' l, years will certainly be tho happier. H f !' i All honor to the Utah pioneers. May H J J;i the last years of the comparatively! H i 'fj few remaining bo years of peace, pros- j H 1 1 ', pcrlty and plenty. May these years, H 'i' lj make up In the fullest measure possl- H - blc for the trials and struggles of the j H ,' past, and may the younger generations H '' ' continue to honor themseUes by lion- H I I1' oring the pioneers hi the development ! H of this gicat state. |